more about sleep

Aria fell asleep in Hosanna's arms tonight. She's feeling a little sick and we wanted to let her enjoy the closeness rather than go through the usual routine. Once she was asleep, she was out like a rock. We even changed her diaper (including taking her jammies off & putting them back on), then Hosanna lifted her up off the couch, carried her upstairs, laid her down in the crib, and covered her with a blanket... all without waking her up.

Manny was watching us with amusement as we were breaking down her sleep stages: "Do it now, she's past the twitchy stage and moved into the deep breathing stage." "No, we can't do it yet - she's not into REM yet!" etc.

We had Christmas in Yosemite and all I can say is, it was stunning. More later when I can get some pictures up.